Re: OpenNMS and Java in light of Oracles recent announcement

I'm new to OpenNMS.  I followed the Install Guide, and it set up our test OpenNMS system with Oracle's JDK (jdk1.8.0_144).

The Install Guide at https://docs.opennms.org/opennms/branches/develop/guide-install/guide-install.html specifically refers to the Oracle Java SE Development Kit 8.

We're just going to switch to using OpenJDK, and update our internal documentation.

Will The OpenNMS Group be issuing a statement and recommendation for the JDK to use going forward, or is there something already?


From: Madden, Joe <[email protected]>
Sent: July 5, 2018 3:35 AM
To: General OpenNMS Discussion <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [opennms-discuss] OpenNMS and Java in light of Oracles recent announcement

Hi John,

If your running OpenNMS on a Linux box normally it uses OpenJDK which has a difference license and support length.

For Example:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/1299013
https://wiki.debian.org/Java


I don't know what the support length of OpenJDK on Ubuntu/Debian is, but RHEL is longer than the Oracle support term.

Cheers

Joe.

From: JohnD Blackburn [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 05 July 2018 05:13
To: General OpenNMS Discussion <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: [opennms-discuss] OpenNMS and Java in light of Oracles recent announcement

Hi all,

In light of Oracle's announcement that effective January 2019, Java Se 8 public updates will no longer be available for "Business, Commercual or Production use" without a comercial license.<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjava.com%2Fen%2Fdownload%2Frelease_notice.jsp&data=01%7C01%7Cjoe.madden%40mottmac.com%7Cfb62260cb96041191d6208d5e22dc074%7Ca2bed0c459574f73b0c2a811407590fb%7C0&sdata=ph%2BG%2BeqINn2Q5Er%2B9dFDbsQI7CQ0wDj5dYAlu%2FHRQvI%3D&reserved=0>

How is this going to impact OpenNMS and how it is deployed, and how we use it?

It seems that we might need to start paying for Oracle Java licenses to continue using OpenNMS??

Regards,
John

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